Rheological investigation for the landslide Slano Blato near Ajdov iina (Slovenia)

The landslide Slano Blato, is situated above the village Lokavec near Ajdov ina in the weat of Slovenia. It has a relatively long history and was first mentionedina document in 1887. At that time it destroyed a part of a main road and reconstruction works took 17 years. In the last decade, movement of the landslide was observed in November 2000, when it reached distances of 60–100 m/day. By means of geotechnical research work on the landslide in the year 2004, several rheological tests were also carried out, which is not usual for geotechnical research work. A stability analysis was carried out numerically by applying the Burger elasto-plastic model. The model took into account geomechanical and rheological characteristics of the landslide.